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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. E. an F. SMITH. GLASSORNAMBNTATION. No.892,935. Patented Nov. 18, 1888.

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EDVARD SLWHTH AND FREDERICK SMITH, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GLASS ORNAMENTATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,935, dated November13,1888.

Application led February 9. 1887. Serial No. 227,060. (No model.)

23, 1886, No. 1,056; in France March 23, 1886, No. 174,951, and inBelgium March 23, 1886, No. 72.467.

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Be it known that we, EDWARD SMITH and FREDERICK SMITH, subjects of theQueen of Great Britaiu,residin g at Hatton Garden, London, England,haveinvented Improvementsin Glass Ornamentation, (for which we haveobtained pat-'ents in the following countries: GreatBritain, byPatentsNos. 9,631 and 1,056, dated June 24, 1884, and January 23, 1886,respectively; France, by Patent No. 174,951, dated March 23, 1886, andBelgium,by Patent No. 72,467, dated March 23, 1886,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide simple and comparativelyinexpensive means for the purpose of interior or exterior decoration,wherein the ornamental ehiect produced may be greatly and infinitelyVaried by slight alterations in arrangement.

The in vention consists in the several novel features of constructionand new combinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth, anddeflnitely pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a device inwhich our invention is embodied. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevationshowingaslightly-modiliedconstruction. Fig. 4 is a vertical section ofFig. 3 from front to rear.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral l designates a plate of whiteglass,of any suitable thickness and size. This plate is molded into anypattern suitable for the purposeas, for example, by forming a series ofparallel depressions, 2, running from top to bottom of the plate andcrossed by similar depressions, 3, arranged at equal intervals. Thisgives the glass plate the appearance shown in Fig. Leach of the squareportions 4 being convex upon its outerface and concave upon the oppositeface. In order to increase the checkered effect, the glass may be groundalong the lines of depressions 2 and 3 upon the back face of the plate,or the glass may be rendered opaque in other ways.

Behind the plate 1, at a suitable distanc,e,is arranged a backing, 5, ofany suitable material, such as colored or stained glass, bright metal,or a metallized body, whether of plain smooth surface or crimped anduneven. This Patented in England June 24, 1884, No. 9,631, and Januarybacking may be so constructed that light will pass directly through thesame and thence through the glass plate 1, or it may be so formed as tooperate by reflected. light, which first enters through theplate l, andis reflected back by the `backing 5, or the latter may be of atransparent material,and a reflecting-surface, 6,may be placed justbehind it, as shown in Fig. 2.

As a modied construction, we may corrugate two glass plates, la, byvertical and horizontal corrugations upon the outer and inner plates,respectively, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, wherein the numerals 7 and 8denote, respectively, the vertical and horizontal depres? sions upon thefront and rear plates.

Behind the glass plate 1FL we arrange a backing, 9, composed of variouscolors,either incorporated in translucent or opaque substances, andformed of any suitable material. If the backing is of glass or particlesof glass, the light will pass freely through the same, .t and thencethrough the plates la; but if the N backing is opaque or ofretlectingmaterial the v light will enter and pass out'through the front.

Colored or stained glass plates 10 may be laid in between the frontplates, 1n. The plates and backing thereto may be supported in anysuitable manner-as, for example, by a frame, 11and thelight may benatural or artificial.

The front plate, 1 or l, may have molded thereon letters, numbers, orother devices. The effect of the light, whether transmitted orreflected, is to produce multiplied fragments of colors and tints whichchange constantly with the slightest change in the angles of incidenceand reflection, producing a kaleidoscopic effect, which is of greatbeauty, giving a dazzling sparkling effect that may be most goveffectively utilized for all decorative or ornamental purposes.

The backing may be fixed or movable, or the glass refracting-plates 1 or1a may be caused/F to vibrate or oscillate by any well known V95, means.Any suitable ornamental patterns* such as leaves, ferns, flowers,colored or otherwise-may beinserted between the outer and inner plates,1a. For a backing we may use a sheet of glass on which we fix broken orcres- 10,5

soled77 glass, White or colored, giving an uneven surface or onecomparatively smooth upon which we may attach atoms of bright metal,white or colored, or other material. If flowers or other patterns areintroduced between the plates l, they may be rendered more prominent bypaint or color on the back of one ofthe glasses, or on the backing.

'We are aware that windows have been constructed of a double-thicknessof plate-glass having-*Hated or roughcned surfaces, and having coloredglass interposed between said plates. Such, therefore, we do not claim.

What we claim as our invention is Theherein-described decorative device,coinprising a supporting-frame,an ornamental refracti1ig medium-such asa decorated glass plate 'r plates-located in the front portion of thesupporting-frame, and a backing of reflecting material located at adistance to the rear of and separated from the refracting glass plate orplates, the front surface of said zo backing having attached theretofragments of variously-colored reectng material arranged so as toproduce a broken or irregular surface, substantially as described.

In witness whereof wehave hereto signed 25

